Gulper Eel:Hate on Billy Joel all you want, but listen to what Phil, Billy and his band did on Until The Night and STFU unless you are the Righteous Brothers.

Yep. Zanzibar is another great one with those jazz breaks. Then again I'm biased, I heard that album so many times growing up since my parents had it, I know every corner of it. RIP magnificent knob twiddler!

b0rscht: (Billy Joel's) Zanzibar is another great one with those jazz breaks. Then again I'm biased, I heard that album so many times growing up since my parents had it, I know every corner of it. RIP magnificent knob twiddler!

And Freddie Hubbard did the scorching trumpet solo, too! I always much preferred "52nd Street" to "The Stranger".

Phil Woods also played sax on "Just The Way You Are", which was the big redeeming factor in that song, IMO. Don't get me wrong... I like Billy Joel. I think the guy's massively talented. But "Just The Way You Are" isn't his finest hour, IMO. But it is better than "We Didn't Start The Fire", which even he hates.

Phil Ramone was a great producer & engineer. He twiddled the knobs on Elton John's 11-17-70 album at Ramone's own A&R studios in New York. 11-17-70 was one of the best live rock recordings ever made, in my humble opinion.